Monitor screen problem
I have a Power PC 5600 Mac. My friend gave it to me and she had it since 1994. Recently, it's been acting strange. Every time I boot up the computer it makes a "DZZZT"/grinding sound just before the desktop is to display and then does not display the desktop. I am left with the blue background space only with the gray, empty toolbar on top. Did I contract a virus or is my little old Mac dying? What can I do to fix it?
S.M.
PowerPC 6500 Mac OS 9.1.x
Hi S.M.
Welcome to discussions.
There is no PPC 5600 neither on everymac nor on apple.specs.
1)Virus-seems to be relatively unpossible.Last I notified was some years ago
2) Did you check the PRAM- battery? You may look at:
http://www.geocities.com/texas_macman/pram.html
http://www.academ.com/info/macintosh/
For further info(change battery,take apart) you may look at
whoopis.com-with the PPC ????.
Good luck
IIe /IIgs/SE/Classic/LCII Mac OS 8.6 or Earlier
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Many thanks for taking time to message.
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Sabrasam,
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I want you to try a factory reset on the monitor if you haven’t attempted one already.
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3. Select on that option
You might see your monitor go dark a couple times but that is normal. Test it out after the reset.
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Wierd monitor compatibility problem
Hi all,
Got a wierd monitor compatibility problem. G3 works fine on a sony 21" CRT.
Connected it to a Daytec 15" CRT which works fine with a windows 98 PC.
With the G3 I get the apple and the spinning up logo then the screen just goes blank.
Is this monitor PC only or something? It is an old monitor but I thought any monitor should work
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This is a kernel panic.
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* shutdown
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* keep holding and *wait* until the grey Apple logo appears
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